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We first met Ed Kirkland--a realtor/real-estate agent--in Destin, Florida, near the end of May; he was then working with an SEO company that had charged him quite a lot, and yet had not yet achieved any material results. In fact, he had a total of only three backlinks, and no search-engine placement to speak of. Ed said to us "Here are my keywords: Destin Real Estate & Emerald Coast Real Estate". The rest is history.
Where are we now?
Currently, Mr. Kirkland is on the first page of every major search engine for both the initially provided terms Destin Real Estate and Emerald Coast Real Estate. (Click here for Ed's current rankings on Destin Real Estate; click here for Ed's current rankings on Emerald Coast Real Estate.)
Click here for Ed's current rankings on Destin Real Estate
Click here for Ed's current rankings on Emerald Coast Real Estate
But don't think that just because Mr. Kirkland mentioned two particular keyword phrases that's all we did for him; through many consultations and much research, we outlined a strategy focused on all the areas he services, begining with the main term: "area + real estate" for each area outlined below:
We then expanded our list to all the relevant surrounding words, such as area + condos, area + real estate agent, and much more.
Once we had achieved good rankings for Mr. Kirkland, we decided to implement a fresh look, so my design team and I put our heads together and came up with the site you see currently at http://www.edkirkland.com; Ed is very pleased with the results.
But we are never satisfied, and so long as he is a client we will continue to look for new opportunities to increase his traffic and to convert leads and push forward with our quest for #1 in all engines for anything he desires, and he appreciates it, folks--we asked him for a little one-paragraph testimonial and this is what he sent us:
Testimonial from Mr Ed Kirkland
I had been handling my own SEO and web site development for going on nine years with a reasonable level of success. Slowly over time more and more of my sales were coming from internet generated leads but as the internet grew and search engines became more sophisticated I found myself spending more and more time studying the internet and SEO. I had to make a tough decision. If I wanted to go “All The Way” and get really serious in sales I needed to hire a professional SEO company so I could devote more of my time to improving lead conversion and marketing, advertising and managing my team and my company.
I figured I had enough experience to find the best. What I did in reality was throw away a fortune on SEOs that knew little more than myself. It was depressing! Then I met SEO-GUY. I realized right then that what I needed to do was cut my losses. Even though I had already invested a ton into a dud SEO firm I needed to move on! I have learned after many years in business that sometimes you just have to face reality, take the hit, brush off your bruised ego and move on. I decided to stop wasting money and time and hire SEO-GUY. And I’m glad I did!
Folks, this is the guy all your SEO people go to to find out what they are doing wrong. And He didn’t even tell me. I discovered it for myself. See for yourself on www.seochat.com, www.seo-guy.com/forum/ www.realestatewebmasters.com or any other forum where SEO's hang out. Odds are if you have a good SEO, SEO-GUY is their consultant already!
In a little over two months my site has risen dramatically in all the search engines and business is getting better every day as a result. To sum it up, stop wasting time, energy and money on an ineffective SEO campaign. If you have gone more than a couple of months without a dramatic improvement in your search engine rankings you are throwing your money away, period!
Ed Kirkland - Broker / Owner, CRS / ABR / e-PRO
Exclusivity:
If you are a realtor that services any of Ed's areas, we're sorry, but we can't help you. For as long as Ed Kirkland is a client, in any capacity, he owns exclusive rights to SEO Guy Services for his areas, and we will not SEO sites competing with his. Good news for anyone else though (especially if you're a realtor!)--we have a considerable knowlege base when it comes to optimizing websites for the Real-Estate profession--in fact we have a full-time staff and forum dedicated to it, at www.realestatewebmasters.com. And yes, there is a thread for Mr. Kirkland and his Website: Read the Ed Kirkland thread here. One member even went so far as to say:
"I like it based on the search-engine friendliness. It should be in the books on how to make a search-engine friendly Real Estate web site" --Member: Site Tutor
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